Job 20
Legacy Standard Bible
Zophar Says the Joy of the Wicked Is Short
20 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
2 “Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me [a]respond,
Even because of my haste within me.
3 I listened to (A)the discipline which dishonors me,
And the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.
4 Do you know this from (B)of old,
From the establishment of man on earth,
5 That the (C)shouts of joy of the wicked are short,
And (D)the gladness of the godless momentary?
6 Though his loftiness (E)goes up to the heavens,
And his head touches the clouds,
7 He (F)perishes forever like his refuse;
Those who have seen him (G)will say, ‘Where is he?’
8 He flies away like a (H)dream, and they cannot find him;
Even like a vision of the night he is (I)chased away.
9 The (J)eye which saw him sees him no longer,
And (K)his place no longer beholds him.
10 His (L)sons seek the favor of the poor,
And his hands (M)give back his wealth.
11 His (N)bones are full of his youthful vigor,
But it lies down with him [b]in the dust.
12 “Though (O)evil is sweet in his mouth
And he hides it under his tongue,
13 Though he [c]desires it and will not forsake it,
And holds it (P)to his palate,
14 Yet his food in his stomach is changed
To the [d]venom of cobras within him.
15 He swallows up wealth,
But will (Q)vomit it up;
God will expel it from his belly.
16 He sucks (R)the poison of cobras;
The viper’s tongue kills him.
17 He does not look at (S)the streams,
The rivers flowing with honey and curds.
18 He (T)returns what he has attained
And cannot swallow it;
As to the wealth of his trading,
He cannot even enjoy it.
19 For he has (U)crushed and forsaken the poor;
He has seized a house which he has not built.
20 “Because he knew no ease within his belly,
In his covetousness, he does (V)not let anything escape.
21 Nothing remains [e]for him to devour;
Therefore (W)his prosperity does not endure.
22 In the fullness of his plenty he will be confined;
The (X)hand of everyone who is troubled will come against him.
23 So it will be that he (Y)fills his belly,
And God will send His burning anger on him
And will (Z)rain it on him [f]while he is eating.
24 He may (AA)flee from the iron weapon,
But the bronze bow will pierce him.
25 It is drawn forth and comes out of his back,
Even the glittering point from (AB)his gall;
(AC)Bouts of dread come upon him.
26 Complete (AD)darkness is held in reserve for his treasures;
A (AE)fire unfanned will devour him;
It will consume the survivor in his tent.
27 The (AF)heavens will reveal his iniquity,
And the earth will rise up against him.
28 The (AG)increase of his house will depart;
His possessions will flow away (AH)in the day of His anger.
29 This is the wicked man’s (AI)portion from God,
Even the inheritance decreed to him by God.”
约伯记 20
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
琐法再度发言
20 拿玛人琐法回答说：
2 “我感到烦躁不安，
心中有话不吐不快。
3 我听见你侮辱我的斥责，
我的理智催促我回答。
4 难道你不知道，从古至今，
自从世上有人以来，
5 恶人得势不会长久，
不信上帝者的快乐转瞬即逝？
6 虽然他傲气冲天，
把头挺到云端，
7 终必如自己的粪便永远消亡，
见过他的人都不知他在何处。
8 他如梦消逝，踪影杳然；
如夜间的异象，飞逝而去。
9 见过他的人不会再见到他，
他将从家乡消失无踪。
10 他的儿女要向穷人乞怜，
他要亲手偿还不义之财。
11 他的筋骨依然强健，
却要随他葬入尘土。
12 “他以邪恶为甘饴，
将其藏在舌下，
13 含在口中，
慢慢品味。
14 这食物在腹中变酸，
变成了蛇的毒液。
15 他要吐出所吞下的财富，
上帝要倒空他腹中之物。
16 他吸吮蛇的毒液，
被蛇的舌头害死。
17 他无法享用流淌不尽的奶与蜜。
18 他留不住劳碌的成果，
无法享用所赚的财富。
19 他欺压、漠视穷人，
强占别人的房屋。
20 他贪欲无度，
不放过任何喜爱之物。
21 他吞掉一切所有，
他的福乐不能长久。
22 他在富足时将陷入困境，
各种灾祸将接踵而至。
23 上帝的怒火如雨降在他身上，
填满他的肚腹。
24 他躲过了铁刃，
却被铜箭射穿。
25 利箭穿透他的后背，
闪亮的箭头刺破他的胆囊，
恐怖笼罩着他。
26 他的财宝消失在幽冥中，
天火[a]要吞噬他，
焚毁他帐篷中残留的一切。
27 天要揭露他的罪恶，
地要站出来指控他。
28 在上帝发烈怒的日子，
洪流将席卷他的家产。
29 这便是上帝为恶人定下的结局，
为他们预备的归宿。”
Footnotes
- 20:26 “天火”希伯来文是“非人手点燃的火”。
Job 20
Good News Translation
20 1-2 Job, you upset me. Now I'm impatient to answer.
3 What you have said is an insult,
but I know how to reply to you.
4 Surely you know that from ancient times,
when we humans were first placed on earth,
5 no wicked people have been happy for long.
6 They may grow great, towering to the sky,
so great that their heads reach the clouds,
7 but they will be blown away like dust.
Those who used to know them
will wonder where they have gone.
8 (A)They will vanish like a dream, like a vision at night,
and never be seen again.
9 The wicked will disappear from the place where they used to live;
10 and their children will make good what they stole from the poor.
11 Their bodies used to be young and vigorous,
but soon they will turn to dust.
12-13 Evil tastes so good to them
that they keep some in their mouths to enjoy its flavor.
14 But in their stomachs the food turns bitter,
as bitter as any poison could be.
15 The wicked vomit up the wealth they stole;
God takes it back, even out of their stomachs.
16 What the evil people swallow is like poison;
it kills them like the bite of a deadly snake.
17 They will not live to see rivers of olive oil[a]
or streams that flow with milk and honey.
18 They will have to give up all they have worked for;
they will have no chance to enjoy their wealth,
19 because they oppressed and neglected the poor
and seized houses someone else had built.
20 Their greed is never satisfied.
21 When they eat, there is nothing left over,
but now their prosperity comes to an end.
22 At the height of their success
all the weight of misery will crush them.
23 Let them eat all they want!
God will punish them in fury and anger.
24 (B)When they try to escape from an iron sword,
a bronze bow will shoot them down.
25 Arrows stick through their bodies;
the shiny points drip with their blood,
and terror grips their hearts.
26 Everything they have saved is destroyed;
a fire not lit by human hands
burns them and all their family.
27 Heaven reveals their sin,
and the earth gives testimony against them.
28 All their wealth will be destroyed
in the flood of God's anger.
29 This is the fate of wicked people,
the fate that God assigns to them.
Footnotes
- Job 20:17 Probable text They will … oil; Hebrew unclear.
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